The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 466 Who could have imagined this?
The night in Shanghai was chilly in late autumn.

As Zhuge Dasheng stepped out of the car, she tightened her suit jacket. The parking lot lights were bright, and she exhaled slightly, a faint white mist drifting towards the exit.

She glanced at the time and saw that it was already past 8 p.m., so she quickened her pace and hurried home.

Dali should have already eaten, but I wonder if Wensheng took her to eat anything inappropriate.

Although she wasn't strict with Dali and Dali was quite sensible, he was still a child and loved to eat unhealthy foods, so she, as his mother, had to nag him a lot about it.

If she hadn't been so busy today, she wouldn't have let Wensheng take over Dali's job.

After all, although this guy didn't exactly spoil Dali, she knew that Dali hadn't eaten at home much on several occasions because Wen Sheng had taken her out for fried chicken and barbecue.

Of course, she used to turn a blind eye to such things, since it only happened occasionally. But ever since she had dinner alone with Wen Sheng last time, she hasn't been as polite as before.

When I called Wensheng today to ask him to pick up Dali, I repeatedly told him not to let Dali eat those kinds of things. If he didn't listen, I said the two of them would have to scold him together.

"Ding dong!"

With a clear click, the elevator doors opened.

Attorney Zhuge took out his key and opened the door, immediately hearing shouts and screams from inside.

"Uncle, someone's coming from behind! Cover me!"

Give me some ammunition!

"Completely crippled! Completely crippled!"

"..."

Attorney Zhuge looked somewhat surprised; he hadn't left yet.
When Lawyer Zhuge saw that the other person's shoes were still there when he changed his shoes in the entryway, he frowned. Don't these two know how to put them away neatly?

After tidying up the stall at the entrance, Zhuge Dasheng took off his coat, revealing a thin sweater underneath that was sufficient to handle the indoor temperature.

Seeing that they were still playing games with their backs to him, Zhuge Dasheng walked over and gave each of them a whack on the head.

"Keep your voice down!"

"Hiss!" Zhuge Dali threw down the controller, covered her head, and turned around, saying, "Mom, why do you walk so quietly?"

"The noise I made when I came in was completely drowned out by the sound of you guys playing games."

Zhuge Dasheng said irritably, then looked at Wen Sheng beside him and asked, "Have you eaten yet?"

"I've eaten," Wen Sheng said with a smile, having already noticed her return. "I left some dishes for you on the table; they're still warm."

Upon hearing this, Attorney Zhuge asked in surprise, "You ate at home?"

“Dali said he wanted to eat at home, so I bought groceries and cooked it.”

"Mom, you go eat first."

Zhuge Dali then spoke.

Attorney Zhuge glanced at the two men, understanding their intentions, and nodded, saying, "Don't stay out too late."

"It's not too late. Now that you're back, Sister Sheng, I'll be leaving soon."

At this moment, Wen Sheng smiled and said, "I was originally waiting for you to come back with Dali. Now that you're back, I can go back too."

"you are leaving?"

Zhuge Dasheng was somewhat surprised. Looking at the smile on the other person's face, he nodded after a second of silence and said, "Be careful on your way back tonight."

"Uncle, the game isn't finished yet, why don't you wait a bit before you go?"

Upon hearing that Wen Sheng was leaving, Zhuge Dali hurriedly tried to persuade him to stay, saying, "How can you stop fighting halfway through a battle?"

Wen Sheng did not agree immediately, but instead looked at the lady of the house.

Attorney Zhuge pursed his lips, glanced at him, and said casually, "If you're not in a hurry, you can play with Dali a little longer."

He paused for a moment, then, without waiting for Wen Sheng's reply, turned and walked towards the dining table: "I'm going to eat first."

"..."

Wen Sheng smiled. Even after becoming a mother, a woman can still be proud and charming.

"Come on, let's keep playing."

A few minutes later.

Instead of eating at the dining table, Attorney Zhuge brought the dishes to a small table next to the sofa in the living room.

"Wensheng, I've reviewed the contract for the movie 'Reversal Hero' that you invested in last time, and there are no problems."

While eating, Zhuge Dasheng spoke to Wen Sheng, who was playing a game with Zhuge Dali.

“Sister Sheng, I naturally trust the contract you drafted.” Wen Sheng turned to her and smiled, then looked back at the game screen while still holding the controller. “I’ve already transferred the payment to your account. You can check it later.”

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang nodded, making no excuses about not discussing such matters between friends.

As a lawyer, she understood all too well that if such matters weren't addressed beforehand, they could potentially become a hidden danger that damages the relationship between the two.

It's not that as long as both people are more open-minded and generous, they can avoid disputes over money. Neither of them is short of money. Rather, if things continue like this, and if they have conflicts in the future due to other issues, these lingering money-related issues could very well become the catalyst for those conflicts.

Often, even the closest of friends can part ways over a small matter simply because past issues haven't been resolved.

When a relationship is good, these things can be covered up, but once problems arise, they can spiral out of control.

Besides, Wen Sheng had said before that she would be charging fees when her law firm was established, so it can't just be talk.

Of course, Attorney Zhuge really did give her a friendly price.

"Sister Sheng, why don't you work part-time as my company's legal counsel?"

At this moment, Wen Sheng said with a grin, "Don't worry, there's no need for a friendly price. I'll pay the top salary in the industry."

Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang rolled his eyes at him.

"You've got a good plan. You're not just hiring me, you're hiring my entire law firm, aren't you?"

"How could I possibly have designs on your entire law firm?" Wen Sheng shifted his gaze from the game to her and said, "You can just lend your name to it."

After a pause, Wen Sheng added, "Of course, you can say that I've hired your entire law firm, which means I've entrusted my company's legal affairs entirely to your firm."

In reality, for the vast majority of companies, the legal department is just for show, or they don't even have such a department. When legal disputes arise, they usually entrust them to law firms.

Good companies usually have only a few people or even just one person in their legal department. Only some large enterprises spend a lot of money to maintain an entire legal team.

These companies basically have one thing in common in later generations: they are constantly trending on social media and making headlines.

If things keep going wrong, what can you do if you don't build your own team?

Only because I have a personal relationship with Attorney Zhuge, and having this top ten outstanding lawyer in Shanghai to help me when I was just starting out, not to mention that the other party also has an entire law firm.

Even though Wen Sheng had built a great career in his previous lives, he sometimes had to deal with headaches from public opinion lawsuits.

Although it's not seriously damaging, it's still quite annoying to look at.

Zhuge Dasheng chewed the food in his mouth, swallowed it, and then said calmly, "Let's talk about it later. I'll think about it first."

"OK! I'm not in a hurry. Sister Sheng, let me know whenever you've made up your mind."

Seeing Wen Sheng engrossed in the game again, shouting and pounding the controller like Dali, Zhuge Dasheng shook his head, picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks, and asked:
"Wensheng, Dali told me before that you only wanted to set up a music studio, right? How come you're now acquiring copyrights and investing in TV dramas on a large scale? Your studio has turned into a company."

Upon hearing this, Wen Sheng sighed.

"Plans can't keep up with changes. I originally just wanted to rest like this, but resting for too long can get quite boring."

We can't just spend all our time playing the ambiguous game, can we?

"Whether it's copyright or film and television, I just happened to have this opportunity."

There are also reasons why we have to do this.

Zhuge Dasheng didn't ask any further questions upon hearing this, but simply nodded and said, "Then you should be careful. The two things you're doing now could easily lead to lawsuits. Don't accidentally become a deadbeat."

"Hehe, so I've come here to curry favor, haven't I?" Wen Sheng said with a grin, "I hope the Great Sage will help me!" "Get lost!"

……

When Wen Sheng rolled back to the apartment, it was almost 10 p.m.

Right now, he had a very urgent matter to attend to: to check on Yu Mo's condition.

Did trust break down and morality collapse after being questioned by Nuolan, leading to the reappearance of a bad woman?
Full of anticipation, Wen Sheng pushed open the door to 3602 and saw Tang Youyou and Guan Gu Shenqi sitting on the sofa watching "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" with the little baby.

However, Guan Gu Shenqi seemed to have lost all will to live.

"Hey, Guan Gu, You You, you two are back from your date?"

Upon hearing Wen Sheng's voice, the two turned around simultaneously. Tang Youyou's face showed surprise and delight, while Guan Gu Shenqi's face was filled with... bitterness.

"Teacher Wen, would you like to come watch Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf together?"

"Wen-san, you're back just in time. Let's go play games next door."

Hearing the two people's contradictory statements, Wen Sheng raised an eyebrow and smiled, "What's wrong? Shouldn't you both be happy on your first formal date?"

"I am quite happy." Guan Gu forced a smile, then said in a tone that couldn't hide his resentment, "I would have been even happier if what came out of my bottle of '82 red wine wasn't milk."

"..."

Wen Sheng looked completely bewildered, while Tang Youyou said with displeasure, "Guan Gu, what do you mean? Didn't you just say you weren't angry?"

"I'm not angry, I just..." Guan Gu Shenqi hesitated for a moment before saying helplessly, "I just wanted our first date to be... a little more romantic."

"Why isn't it romantic anymore?"

Seeing that the atmosphere in the room was not right, Wen Sheng quickly said, "Stop, stop, stop, can you tell me what happened first?"

After Wen Sheng finished speaking, the living room was quiet for a few seconds. Guan Gu Shenqi looked at Tang Youyou and the baby sleeping in the stroller before saying:
"Is such that……"

Listening to Guan Gu's bitter and helpless narration, Wen Sheng finally understood what was going on.

In short, the couple had agreed to go out for dinner today, and Guan Gu Shenqi specially booked a couple's table at the Peninsula Hotel. However, after Tang Youyou returned, she was completely immersed in her role as a "mother" and was only focused on taking care of the baby, which delayed them from going.

Fortunately, Guan Gu had a backup plan: he planned to have a candlelight dinner at home. However, when he opened the bottle of 1982 red wine that his friend had brought back from France, milk poured out instead.

Tang Youyou forgot her baby's bottle in the taxi, so she had to use this "soy sauce" bottle to hold the milk.

Well... because the nipple just happened to cover the bottle opening, and she mistook the red wine for soy sauce, and since the 1982 soy sauce was definitely expired, she poured out the "soy sauce" and used it to make milk.

Later, because the baby was crying, Guan Gu's original plan to watch a horror movie was also put on hold, and he could only watch Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf with the baby.

After listening to Guan Gu's poignant accusations, Wen Sheng couldn't help but click his tongue in astonishment.

He was also quite curious: couldn't Tang Youyou smell the difference between soy sauce and red wine when she poured the wine?

"Wen Sang, now you can understand me, right?" Guan Gu Shenqi looked distressed, then added, "Why don't you help me and Youyou take care of the child? We agreed before that we would take turns caring for the child."

"This one……"

Wen Sheng hesitated. He had no experience taking care of children. Taking care of someone like Dali was already his limit. He had no common language with babies.

Seeing that Tang Youyou seemed a little unhappy, he changed the subject, saying, "I came here for other things. Youyou, where's Yumo? I'm here to see her!"

"Oh! You're here to see Yu Mo? I forgot to tell you, Yu Mo went home with Nuolan!" Tang Youyou's expression suddenly changed to one of realization.

"..."

Wen Sheng was completely bewildered. Why couldn't he understand the sentence formed from these words?

"Wh...what do you mean Yu Mo and Nuo Lan went home?"

Seeing this, Tang Youyou chuckled and said, "It was Nuolan who brought Yumo back to her house. Nuolan invited her, saying that she was home alone anyway, and since they were getting along so well, she thought it would be better to let Yumo go back with her to continue the conversation."

"..."

"Oh, by the way, Nuolan also said that she has been learning cooking from you for quite a while. She didn't get to show off her skills when she came to the apartment last time, so this is a good opportunity for Yumo to try her cooking," Tang Youyou added.

"..."

Wen Sheng's expression changed repeatedly, and all his unspoken words eventually boiled down to: "They got along really well? Not really... um... you know what I mean."

Tang Youyou frowned slightly, but after thinking for a moment, she quickly understood what he meant and exclaimed, "Teacher Wen, what you said on the phone was indeed correct. Nuolan and Yumo did not have any unpleasantness at all. I was so nervous before that I was sweating bullets."

"..."

In that short half minute, Wen Sheng felt as if his brain was being struck by a giant bell again and again, leaving him completely bewildered each time.

Why is this different from what I planned?
Taking a deep breath, Wen Sheng composed himself and realized something was wrong. After thinking for a moment, he asked:
"Did they talk about anything you didn't understand? Or did they mention me? Or did they try to get you out of their way so they could talk alone? Uh... just tell me what topics they talked about?"

Hearing Wen Sheng's question, Tang Youyou thought about it carefully and then shook her head and said, "No, they just talked about topics like mother and baby care and beauty, and they didn't try to get rid of me."

After a slight pause, Tang Youyou continued, "When Nuolan came over and saw Yu Mo and me shopping at the baby store, she became very curious and joined us. As we shopped, Yu Mo, who didn't like babies at first, and Nuolan became interested in dressing up the baby. They bought a lot of clothes and toys for the baby. If I hadn't stopped them, they probably would have bought enough things for the baby to last until he/she starts elementary school."

"..."

Wen Sheng turned his gaze to the stroller, where the little baby was still staring intently at the Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf on TV.

Tang Youyou squatted down and teased him, laughing, "Children are amazing. They can make two women who should be rivals become like sisters. Sure enough, when women see such a cute baby, they can't help but feel maternal. Teacher Wen, you were right before. I was overthinking it."

"Hehe, yeah...yeah..."

Wen Sheng forced a smile, but he was on the verge of tears.

On his way back, he was thinking about whether to stay at the apartment with Yu Mo tonight, or go back to Yu Mo's villa.
Booking a hotel room is also an option.

But to everyone's surprise, all their efforts were in vain because of such an insignificant baby!
He had actually been hoping to make a fool of Lu Ziqiao.

……

Meanwhile, at Nolan's home.

After washing up, Qin Yumo lay on the bed that was supposed to be Wen Sheng and Nuolan's bed, feeling a strange unease.

At the same time, I can't help but marvel at how wonderful the world is.

Who would have thought she'd be lying in her love rival's bed with his man, wearing her love rival's pajamas... If it were Wen Sheng instead of Nuolan in the room...

"Nolan, aren't you going to do a live stream tonight?" Qin Yumo couldn't help but ask.

Nuolan, who had just finished drying her hair, smiled and said, "If you can take a day off today, then I can naturally take a day off too."

She originally took this leave to deal with the perfume incident, but after seeing Youyou and the baby at the mall today, she talked to them and put the matter aside.

Moreover, the more they talked, the more she felt that her suspicions might be flawed.

"Yu Mo, could you teach me what ingredients I need to make an egg white face mask later? I'll go buy them tomorrow," Nuolan said, turning to Qin Yu Mo with a smile.

"Okay." Qin Yumo nodded with a smile. "This is something I learned from the Beauty Guru. I'll recommend it to you later."

"That's great." Nolan nodded with delight, then added, "By the way, what perfume are you wearing? I'm thinking of changing my style recently."

"Oh, I have some in my bag, just take it yourself." Qin Yumo looked at the magazine in her hand. "Changing perfumes takes time to adjust to, be careful the scent doesn't match."

"It's okay, I'll try it first." Nuolan smiled, got up and took out the perfume Yu Mo used from her bag on the bedside table, then sprayed it on her wrist.

"Wait a minute, I'm going to the bathroom before I get into bed."

"it is good."

After smelling the perfume on her wrist, Nuolan turned around and went to the bathroom, where she took out the shirt that Wen Sheng had left behind.

A day later, the scent on the collar of the shirt had faded considerably, but with Nolan's improved constitution, she could still detect the perfume scent if she looked closely.

Then she smelled the perfume on her other wrist.

"The scents are similar, but they are not the same perfume."

(End of this chapter)